hatchment noun. ['hatʃm(ǝ)nt] E16.
[Prob. from French hachement from Old French acesmement adornment.]
An escutcheon or armorial device; esp. a square or diamond-shaped panel or canvas with a deceased person's armorial bearings, affixed to his or her house during mourning or placed in a church.

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